Jordan Rubin

Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro,” a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MS NOW, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.


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The Supreme Court is poised to deliver GOP wins in 2026. The question is how far it will go.

This week’s Deadline: Legal Newsletter reflects on the high court term and what’s to come in the new year.

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Ask Jordan: Can Congress force the Supreme Court to explain its shadow docket rulings?

“Deadline: White House” legal analyst Jordan Rubin answers your questions about the Supreme Court, Trump administration lawsuits and other issues.

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Judge found guilty of obstruction after helping immigrant evade federal agents outside courtroom

The Justice Department had alleged that the state court judge concealed and obstructed an immigration arrest.

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Peter Navarro had a ‘very strange’ hearing in his contempt appeal

The Trump adviser is challenging his contempt of Congress conviction. The DOJ under Trump isn’t opposing him.

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Lawsuit for Facebook post arrest tests free speech after Charlie Kirk’s assassination

“It is clearly established that the First Amendment prohibits government officials from arresting people for protected political speech,” Larry Bushart’s lawyers write.

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Trump-appointed judge makes case against Second Amendment rights for noncitizens

“We should stay out of the moralizing business of judging what makes an American,” Judge Amul Thapar wrote.

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Trump wants to keep building his White House ballroom. The National Trust is pushing back.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States says the government has “violated the law in many separate ways.”

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The Supreme Court backed Texas’ congressional map. Will it back California’s, too?

The high court’s approval of the GOP-friendly Texas map looms over litigation against California’s Democratic-friendly map.

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Trump appointees again save Trump officials from contempt inquiry — for now

Potentially explosive testimony was set to kick off this week in Washington, but then two Trump-appointed judges intervened.

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Supreme Court again takes up a case involving race, juries and an infamous prosecutor

The justices agreed to review the appeal of another Black death row prisoner in Mississippi, after their 2019 ruling for Curtis Flowers.